Bolognese Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground beef

• 1 pound ground pork

• olive oil

• 1 cup diced onion

• 1/2 cup diced carrot

• 1/2 cup diced celery

• 3 cloves garlic

• 1 cup red wine

• 3 cups beef broth

• 1 (15 oz) can of tomato puree or crushed tomatoes

• 2 bay leaves

• fresh thyme

• 1 pound pasta

Instructions:

In a heavy pot, brown the meats. Remove the meat, drain the fat.  Do not wipe the pot.

In the same pot, add some olive oil and add the onion, carrot, celery. Let that cook slowly, for about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes. Add your meat back in. Turn up the heat a little. Add the red wine and let the liquid cook off. Add the beef broth and then the tomatoes and herbs. Turn the heat to low and let this simmer, uncovered for at least a couple of hours. The longer the better. If it gets too dry, just add a half cup of water and keep cooking, letting the liquid cook off. Taste and salt and pepper as you like it.
Serve over pasta.

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